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At least they are using the 'hi-res' version of the MaxMind product!!! There is the 'free' version that does GeoIP to country level only, so you don't even get
by Theodores 11y ago
At least they are using the 'hi-res' version of the MaxMind product!!! There is the 'free' version that does GeoIP to country level only, so you don't even get the local cable-head-end/ISP/TelCo box level resolution (which is what the 'paid for' version of MaxMind gives you. (Rather than centre of postcode/zip which it never resolves to in my experience).
I have had this problem building a store locator before now, where, due to the 'lite' database every customer in the UK was shown some store in Birmingham as their 'nearest'...